Accessories & Equipment

It’s been a strange time for those involved with offshore containers.

Capable, with a 15 tonne capacity and rated to 4,050m, Seaonics’ A-frame has a trick up its sleeve – a knuckle joint about three-fifths of the way up.

There’s a new 150 tonne knuckleboom crane that can actually generate far more energy that it will consume during a lowering operation.

As the 108m ‘Acta Orion’ is to provide an easy ‘walk-to-work’ for technicians rather than a high speed journey followed by a potentially nasty scramble up a wind tower, it’s involved a…

Norway-based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has supplied a PLR-3600 FCR davit to the offshore vessel ‘Siem Pilot’, which is Norway’s official contribution to Operation Triton, the European mission…

Now that a single LED floodlight can last for years rather than months and use a fraction of the power of a comparable filament bulbed light source, LED floodlighting is now a…

Harken Industrial is launching its new LokHead winch at Seawork 2015 - a self-tailing, man-riding winch with the security and safety of a captive head, and the company claims, offering complete security…

Seaway Powell Marine has revealed a new design of capstan. These new winches build on the Seaway Powell Marine reputation for quality and robustness, but the real changes are inside with modern…

“As far as we know we’re the first to use the new technology,” so says Chris Catoe of the Shakespeare Antenna Group, speaking about the use of silver plating on antennas.“We’ve not…

It’s a Catch-22 situation: load-bearing deck structures require regular testing but when it comes to man handling solid weights into things like lifeboats, for example, it becomes a scary proposition.

A number of recent Turkish research vessels have gone for a Sea-Bird – MacArtney oceanographic instrumentation and winch combination: Hans Jorgen Hansen of MacArtney puts it down to reliability “and word getting…

The recently launched icebreaker ‘Murmansk’ is big and extremely powerful, but not all of that energy is simply centred on the propulsion.

“People often sigh when you talk about Health and Safety,” Denis Hogan of LEEA International told MJ, but he argued “it’s one of Europe’s most successful exports”.

Survitec Group has launched a new SOLAS lifejacket aimed at the industrial and commercial marine market. Developed under its Crewsaver brand, the new Seacrewsader 290N 3D is designed to provide increased levels…

Navico Commercial Marine Division recently announced the launch of its Simrad Halo Pulse Compression Radar, which the company claims is ‘the world’s most affordable solid-state, open-array radar system with pulse compression technology…

Single-point lifting hook specialist Henriksen hooks will be attending Seawork at Southampton, UK, for the first time as part of its continuing expansion into new markets.

More and more project cargo is going by barge, pushed by Europe’s concern with pollution and its congested roads. But dramatic barge failures “are still a regular occurrence” says Carlos Maenhout of…

Thuraya Telecommunications Company has launched what it claims is the industrys most advanced satellite phone, the Thuraya XT-PRO. Targeted at professional users across a range of market sectors including government, energy, media…

BAE Systems is supporting the growth of engineering and manufacturing businesses in the Solent (UK) through the Government funded Employment Ownership Programme (EOP) aimed at increasing the number of apprenticeships and raising…